Improvement in buggy-tops



e. GABRIEL, Sr.

BUGGY-TOP.

No,178,844 Patented June 20; 1876.

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N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON D C U NITED STATES GEORGE GABRIEL, SR, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUGGV-TOPS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,844, dated June 20, 1876; application filed February 19, 1876.

To allwhom z't may concern Beit known that I, GEORGE GABRIEL, Sr., of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Top; andIdo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, suffieient to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a side view of my improved invention with the folding top and supports lowered. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the folding top and supports partly raised, and Fig. 3 is a similar View with the tops and supports in an upright position.

Similar letters of reference occurring on the several figures indicate like parts.

or represents the front supports, which are pivoted at the upper end to the front section f of the folding top, and at the lower end to.

the bearings c on the front of theseat. 1)

represents rear supports, curved at'their base, and also secured to the bearings c at the frontof the seat, and pivoted at the top to the rear section 9 of the folding top. at isa hinged brace, pivoted at the bottom to the rear of the seat, one on each side of the frame, and pivoted at the top tothe center of thesupport b,

all as fully shown and explained by the drawings.

By the present construction and arrange- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the braces 01, b, pivoted at the top to the folding sections f g. and at the bottom to bearing 0, and back brace d,

- pivoted at the top to the center of brace b,

and at the bottom to the rear of the seat, to give an equal distribution of strain upon said seat, substantially as described and set forth.

GEORGE GABRIEL, SR. Witnesses:

JACOB J. KLEIN, 0. D. LEvIs. 

